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Posted by MargW on January 21, 2008, 8:00 am
Decided that we needed to visit my brother in Parry Sound this weekend.
He's just been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and phone calls
are just not enough. After carefully checking weather we headed north
- took us about 5 1/2 hours on what should be a four hour trip. The
roads were relatively good - some snow packed and slippery but not too bad.
Left yesterday to come home. Since we live two 1/2 hours east of
Toronto we headed east and had no snow, and good roads. We could see
the storm clouds to the west and south.
HOWEVER, my niece had also driven up on Saturday. She lives in
Burlington, west of Toronto. Yesterday going home, her 3 hour trip took
almost seven hours. She got caught in this
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_18761.aspx.
Luckily she wasn't in one of the pileups.
Today they are forecasting more whiteouts for the same stretches of road
and another 15 cm (about seven inches) of snow. All school buses are
cancelled today for nearly all of the area of Ontario on the snow shadow
side of Lake Huron.
We are being forecast 2-3 cm here - just a skiff.
MargW
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Posted by lucretia borgia on January 21, 2008, 1:13 pm
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>Decided that we needed to visit my brother in Parry Sound this weekend.
> He's just been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and phone calls
>are just not enough. After carefully checking weather we headed north
>- took us about 5 1/2 hours on what should be a four hour trip. The
>roads were relatively good - some snow packed and slippery but not too bad.
>Left yesterday to come home. Since we live two 1/2 hours east of
>Toronto we headed east and had no snow, and good roads. We could see
>the storm clouds to the west and south.
>HOWEVER, my niece had also driven up on Saturday. She lives in
>Burlington, west of Toronto. Yesterday going home, her 3 hour trip took
>almost seven hours. She got caught in this
>http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_18761.aspx.
>Luckily she wasn't in one of the pileups.
>Today they are forecasting more whiteouts for the same stretches of road
>and another 15 cm (about seven inches) of snow. All school buses are
>cancelled today for nearly all of the area of Ontario on the snow shadow
>side of Lake Huron.
>We are being forecast 2-3 cm here - just a skiff.
>MargW
What a miracle that nobody was killed. I saw on the National that
particular stretch has always been a bad area.
By the way, my husband had non H Lymphoma and they treated him
successfully for that, it did not reoccur. That was way back in the
mid 80s and he had a new treatment regimen worked out by UBC so
doubtless your brother will receive even better now.
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Posted by MargW on January 21, 2008, 4:36 pm
lucretia borgia wrote:
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> opined:
>
>> Decided that we needed to visit my brother in Parry Sound this weekend.
>> He's just been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and phone calls
>> are just not enough. After carefully checking weather we headed north
>> - took us about 5 1/2 hours on what should be a four hour trip. The
>> roads were relatively good - some snow packed and slippery but not too bad.
>> Left yesterday to come home. Since we live two 1/2 hours east of
>> Toronto we headed east and had no snow, and good roads. We could see
>> the storm clouds to the west and south.
>> HOWEVER, my niece had also driven up on Saturday. She lives in
>> Burlington, west of Toronto. Yesterday going home, her 3 hour trip took
>> almost seven hours. She got caught in this
>> http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_18761.aspx.
>> Luckily she wasn't in one of the pileups.
>> Today they are forecasting more whiteouts for the same stretches of road
>> and another 15 cm (about seven inches) of snow. All school buses are
>> cancelled today for nearly all of the area of Ontario on the snow shadow
>> side of Lake Huron.
>> We are being forecast 2-3 cm here - just a skiff.
>> MargW
>
> What a miracle that nobody was killed. I saw on the National that
> particular stretch has always been a bad area.
>
It's a combination of the terrain, weather, and drivers who drive too
fast for conditions. Nearly every winter there is a bad pile-up in that
stretch.
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> By the way, my husband had non H Lymphoma and they treated him
> successfully for that, it did not reoccur. That was way back in the
> mid 80s and he had a new treatment regimen worked out by UBC so
> doubtless your brother will receive even better now.
Thanks - yes, it's amazing how far treatments have come in a very short
time. Fortunately, my DSIL works for one of the internists at the local
Hospital, and they got his chemo started immediately. Already the pain
in his back (that they mistakenly putting down to muscle strain) is
gone, but there are still some rough days ahead.
It's been a rough year for the family. Last summer, my 21-year old
nephew was treated for thyroid cancer, and less nine months later his
Dad is diagnosed with this. It does help that, as I said, my DSIL is a
nurse, so she is able to monitor his medication. He is having a 'pic'
line put in so that he doesn't have to travel to Sudbury for his chemo;
they can do it at the local hospital.
MargW
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Posted by lucretia borgia on January 21, 2008, 5:33 pm
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>Thanks - yes, it's amazing how far treatments have come in a very short
>time. Fortunately, my DSIL works for one of the internists at the local
>Hospital, and they got his chemo started immediately. Already the pain
>in his back (that they mistakenly putting down to muscle strain) is
>gone, but there are still some rough days ahead.
>It's been a rough year for the family. Last summer, my 21-year old
>nephew was treated for thyroid cancer, and less nine months later his
>Dad is diagnosed with this. It does help that, as I said, my DSIL is a
>nurse, so she is able to monitor his medication. He is having a 'pic'
>line put in so that he doesn't have to travel to Sudbury for his chemo;
>they can do it at the local hospital.
>MargW
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Posted by lucretia borgia on January 21, 2008, 5:34 pm
opined:
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>Thanks - yes, it's amazing how far treatments have come in a very short
>time. Fortunately, my DSIL works for one of the internists at the local
>Hospital, and they got his chemo started immediately. Already the pain
>in his back (that they mistakenly putting down to muscle strain) is
>gone, but there are still some rough days ahead.
>It's been a rough year for the family. Last summer, my 21-year old
>nephew was treated for thyroid cancer, and less nine months later his
>Dad is diagnosed with this. It does help that, as I said, my DSIL is a
>nurse, so she is able to monitor his medication. He is having a 'pic'
>line put in so that he doesn't have to travel to Sudbury for his chemo;
>they can do it at the local hospital.
>MargW
He'll do well, you'll see. Thinking good thoughts for him.
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> He's just been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and phone calls
>are just not enough. After carefully checking weather we headed north
>- took us about 5 1/2 hours on what should be a four hour trip. The
>roads were relatively good - some snow packed and slippery but not too bad.
>Left yesterday to come home. Since we live two 1/2 hours east of
>Toronto we headed east and had no snow, and good roads. We could see
>the storm clouds to the west and south.
>HOWEVER, my niece had also driven up on Saturday. She lives in
>Burlington, west of Toronto. Yesterday going home, her 3 hour trip took
>almost seven hours. She got caught in this
>http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_18761.aspx.
>Luckily she wasn't in one of the pileups.
>Today they are forecasting more whiteouts for the same stretches of road
>and another 15 cm (about seven inches) of snow. All school buses are
>cancelled today for nearly all of the area of Ontario on the snow shadow
>side of Lake Huron.
>We are being forecast 2-3 cm here - just a skiff.
>MargW